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reduced

The store displays a sign that says "reduced price" on a shelf of canned goods.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Made smaller or less in size, amount, or degree: Describes something that has been decreased or diminished from a previous state.
    • Well below normal, especially in price: Describes something, typically a cost or price, that is significantly lower than the standard or original amount.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The company announced a reduced budget for the next quarter. (The budget has been made smaller in amount.)
    • She bought the dress at a greatly reduced price during the sale. (The price was well below the normal amount.)
    • After the diet, his weight was significantly reduced. (The amount or degree of his weight was made less.)
Advanced Usage
  • "in reduced circumstances": Having less money or a lower social position than before.
    • After the business failed, the family lived in reduced circumstances.
  • "reduced to silence/tears": Made to become silent or to start crying.
    • The shocking news reduced him to silence.
Variants and Related Words
  • Reduce (verb): To make something smaller or less in size, amount, or degree.
    • We need to reduce our energy consumption.
  • Reducible (adjective): Capable of being reduced.
    • The problem is reducible to a simple equation.
  • Reduction (noun): The act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
    • The store is offering a 20% price reduction.
Synonyms
  • Decreased: Made less.
  • Diminished: Made smaller or less important.
  • Lowered: Made less high in amount or level.
  • Discounted: Offered at a reduced price.
Related Phrasal Verbs (from the base verb "reduce")
  • Reduce something to something: To change something into a simpler or more basic form.
    • The conflict was reduced to a simple misunderstanding.
  • Reduce someone to something: To force someone into a worse state or condition.
    • The criticism reduced her to tears.
Related Idioms
  • "reduced to a skeleton": Become very thin.
    • After his illness, he was reduced to a skeleton.
  • "reduced to rubble": Completely destroyed.
    • The earthquake reduced the city to rubble.
reduced

The store displays a sign that says "reduced price" on a shelf of canned goods.

Adjective
  1. well below normal (especially in price)
  2. made less in size or amount or degree

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